Notes and Editorial Reviews

EMI is marketing its Debut series as "focusing on artists on the brink of major careers." Since the label does not reveal criterion or sources, one wonders where EMI finds the talent; but, certainly, simply appearing on such a vaunted label amounts to self-fulfilling prophesy as far as this "brink of major career" business is concerned.

The Korean born, Juilliard-trained pianist HaeSun Paik deserves the special designation. Her playing, tonally sumptuous and broadly paced, unfolds with a natural pulse. Her musical personality is almost old-fashioned, with a gentle, poetically integrated rubato and a pearly tonal finish. Paik might sound self-absorbed to ears jaded by passionless technical wizards, but atRead more the end of the day this is an honest and refreshing voice. My only major complaint is with the programming, which is predictable and formulaic.

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